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China's graduates face grim job prospects

By Adrienne Mong, NBC News Producer Graduation is just a month away and millions of college students in China are expected to hit the streets during what is the country’s tightest job market in decades. In anticipation of keen competition, most of th... ...full story at NBC World Blog

from NBC World Blog on Mon, May 18 2009

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